Data from the interviews was coded using emergent coding and used to develop a draft survey. The project team reviewed the draft survey and made revisions. The draft survey was then released to the interviewees to receive their feedback. Revisions were made based on their recommendations to provide the final survey. The survey was released by the Extension Foundation, regional Extension directors, and to interview participants on May 15. A soft deadline of May 22 was promoted, with the survey closing on June 1. Data was handled as indicated in the individual sections. The data was comprised of four parts which are presented in this document. They include respondent demographics, top challenges facing the Extension organization, training needs, and sources of training. Data is presented for across all Land-grants as well as by each institutional type for the first three parts of the survey. Sources of training are provided both for individual Land-grants as well as other sources as reported by survey respondents. All responses were maintained. All questions required multiple selections by each respondent, so the number of responses provided to each question is given throughout the report. Open ended responses were coded using the identified categories and sub-categories, where appropriate, backed up with emergent coding.
This project was deemed not human subjects research so did not require Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval by Virginia Tech IRB.
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